oh god ok fuck o'garas
hated that place anyway
is martin zeller still a thing?
― seasonal hugs (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 17:12 (eleven years ago) link
i think so? hes actually a decent dude, so i cant really blame him for cash grabbing for years there, even if it does have the cool factor of having a residency at a low-rent bubba gump shrimp factory
― goatee-framed sphincter-mouth (jjjusten), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 17:13 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i figured he was ok and all. i actually still love the first gear daddies album.
― seasonal hugs (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 17:17 (eleven years ago) link
My brother was one-third of a Rush tribute band at this establishment.
― pretty even gender split (Eazy), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 17:25 (eleven years ago) link
2112: A Tribute to Rush?
also i still need a reassuring hug
― seasonal hugs (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 17:29 (eleven years ago) link
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc2cjgvulV1rrzs39.gif
― Sug ban (Nicole), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 17:32 (eleven years ago) link
aw thx
― seasonal hugs (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 17:32 (eleven years ago) link
OK, google tells me he played keyboards with Exit Stage Right.
― pretty even gender split (Eazy), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 17:36 (eleven years ago) link
haha i've been hunting thru political donation tracker sites to get something definitive on the o'gara's ownerhsip but coming up blank. i don't want to besmirch the place out of hand, but, it is kind of a terrible bar and the evidence so far isn't good, imo.
― goole, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
Wait, I think I have it mixed up in my head with Alary's.
― Bobby Ken Doll (Eric H.), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
Either way, not somewhere I'm likely headed.
Daily Kos piece pointing out that it's been almost three weeks since Romney gave an interview and more than a month since he answered a single question from the reporters that travel with him. He can't, obviously. He can't answer questions about his auto industry claims and now he can't answer about FEMA either.
― timellison, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 17:51 (eleven years ago) link
ha alarys is a different but also awful shithole.
― goatee-framed sphincter-mouth (jjjusten), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 17:53 (eleven years ago) link
2-party shitstem politricks
― am0n, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:00 (eleven years ago) link
i'm not american and i am starting to be quite nervous about this.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:09 (eleven years ago) link
You have my personal promise that Romney will not win.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:33 (eleven years ago) link
recent polls out today aren't looking too good for obama
― all mods con (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
lol whatever
― beef richards (Mr. Que), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
like this one?
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/10/marquette-poll-obama-leads-wisconsin.php
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
be a man and post a link or stfu
xpost
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/10/31/nate-silver-and-the-forecasting-consensus-in-one-chart/
― goole, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:37 (eleven years ago) link
but that's from twelve whole hours ago so you never know
in the last 12 hours three undecideds in Idaho moved into the Romney camp.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:37 (eleven years ago) link
haha you guys aren't any fun
― all mods con (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:42 (eleven years ago) link
I got some applesauce for ya, baby.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:43 (eleven years ago) link
it's been almost three weeks since Romney gave an interview and more than a month since he answered a single question from the reporters that travel with him. He can't, obviously. He can't answer questions about his auto industry claims and now he can't answer about FEMA either.
is this getting traction in the MSM/ cable news? seems like a p big deal to me if Romney won't answer questions from the reporters traveling with him
― it's smdh time in America (will), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
Staging donations?
Empty-handed supporters pled for entrance, with one woman asking, “What if we dropped off our donations up front?”
The volunteer gestured toward a pile of groceries conveniently stacked near the candidate. “Just grab something,” he said.
Two teenage boys retrieved a jar of peanut butter each, and got in line. When it was their turn, they handed their “donations” to Romney. He took them, smiled, and offered an earnest “Thank you.”
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:53 (eleven years ago) link
keeping it classy
― goatee-framed sphincter-mouth (jjjusten), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
are all these stories about Romney's staged events just popping up on the online newsources, or are they getting reported on in any of the big msm outlets?
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 19:00 (eleven years ago) link
Saw a bit on NBC news last night on the Romney Storm Related Event. No mention whatsoever of the Red Cross' thanks-but-no-thanks response to food donations.
― 5-Hour Enmity (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 19:05 (eleven years ago) link
The big three are too afraid to appear biased these days, even if that means ignoring a whole bunch of stuff that's absolutely true.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 19:08 (eleven years ago) link
Forget answering questions about the auto industry or taxes or whatever bullshit. Romney still hasn't explained the fundamental operation of his mystery budget plan. His entire secret economic platform hinges on vague promises.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 19:10 (eleven years ago) link
I was waiting for the Red Cross punchline in that NBC report, but it never came. Beyond being journalistically irresponsible, it also tacitly encouraged people to make donations to the Red Cross that the Red Cross neither needs nor wants.
xp
― 5-Hour Enmity (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
maybe he can deliver the unwanted food to them on the unwanted ships he builds for the navy
― goatee-framed sphincter-mouth (jjjusten), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
Haven't kept up today--did Romney get hammered on his FEMA statements from the debate?
― clemenza, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 19:32 (eleven years ago) link
Nate Silver still has Obama up with ~77% to take the electoral college, the only thing that actually matters.
Late game polling that shows dead heats is, IMO, mostly a way for cable news to drum up ratings.
― Frobisher the (Viceroy), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 19:34 (eleven years ago) link
Also their probably not polling people who have cast early ballots, which I'd imagine takes out a big chunk of Obama supporters who have already voted for Obama...
― Frobisher the (Viceroy), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 19:35 (eleven years ago) link
*they're... the ineffable THEM!
― Frobisher the (Viceroy), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 19:36 (eleven years ago) link
this is a lot of bad polls for Romney in a hurry it seems like
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 19:37 (eleven years ago) link
early voting has been split pretty evenly i think
― goole, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 19:39 (eleven years ago) link
conservatives flipping out at silver/poll aggregation are of course losing it hard, but let me put it in perspective anyway
if i gave you only 70-75% chance of keeping your job past next week, would you not say you were in significant danger of getting canned? i mean, shit. romney's course is uphill but his chances aren't bad at all.
― goole, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 19:41 (eleven years ago) link
A couple weeks ago I saw a stat that said ~80 of early voters were young voters, women, african-americans, latinos or a combination of those demographics... But I guess those were the real early-bird early voters. Still accounted for like 3 million votes.
― Frobisher the (Viceroy), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 19:42 (eleven years ago) link
really interested to see what Silver does to the percentage after these polls though
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 19:43 (eleven years ago) link
if i gave you only 70-75% chance of keeping your job past next week, would you not say you were in significant danger of getting canned?
yes because i understand basic statistics and probability
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 19:44 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha was just gonna say
― beef richards (Mr. Que), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 19:44 (eleven years ago) link
i was having trouble forming a response to that
'job security' for elected officials and everyone else is apples and oranges, h8 when people throw around those analogies as if they're meaningful
― push iatee (some dude), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 19:45 (eleven years ago) link
well right, i was just trying to give that % chance something other than "it must be a huge lie"
― goole, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
his chances of winning are pretty bad though
― beef richards (Mr. Que), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 19:50 (eleven years ago) link
What are you talking about, Romney has a better chance of winning this than 99.9% of all people ever!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 19:54 (eleven years ago) link